PYSEC-2026-796
Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-06 08:03 - Updated: 2026-07-07 11:30Cobbler version Verified as present in Cobbler versions 2.6.11+, but code inspection suggests at least 2.0.0+ or possibly even older versions may be vulnerable contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cobbler-web that can result in Privilege escalation to admin.. This attack appear to be exploitable via "network connectivity". Sending unauthenticated JavaScript payload to the Cobbler XMLRPC API (/cobbler_api).
| Name | purl | cobbler | pkg:pypi/cobbler |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "cobbler",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/cobbler"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "2.6.11"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"0.6.3-2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-1000225",
"GHSA-q9g5-98pm-w6q7"
],
"details": "Cobbler version Verified as present in Cobbler versions 2.6.11+, but code inspection suggests at least 2.0.0+ or possibly even older versions may be vulnerable contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cobbler-web that can result in Privilege escalation to admin.. This attack appear to be exploitable via \"network connectivity\". Sending unauthenticated JavaScript payload to the Cobbler XMLRPC API (/cobbler_api).",
"id": "PYSEC-2026-796",
"modified": "2026-07-07T11:30:29.680437Z",
"published": "2026-07-06T08:03:23.848119Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000225"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/issues/1917"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler/blob/master/cobbler/remote.py#L2236"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://movermeyer.com/2018-08-02-privilege-escalation-exploits-in-cobblers-api"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://pypi.org/project/cobbler"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9g5-98pm-w6q7"
}
],
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Cobbler XSS Vulnerability"
}
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